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A Wizards show is an event that combines aspects of big time productions with hometown community flair.

Groups such as PTOs, PTAs, Booster Clubs, Project Graduation, All Classes, Key Clubs, Rotary and Lion’s Clubs as well as numerous other charities and non-profit groups use the Wizards to raise funds and delight their community.

Basketball aficionados are treated to great skills, teamwork, slick dribbling, alley-oops and crazy slams. The non-hoop fans attending will find out that this is much more than just a basketball game. The night is funny, theatrical, exciting and spectacular and the gym will reverberate with oohs & aahs, laughter, enthusiasm, and much much more.

Typically, communities that “discover” the Wizards bring the team back year after year. Discover the awe-inspiring Harlem Wizards basketball show. Contact us now for more details, or read the frequently asked questions below.

Why book the wizards?

You can raise a lot of money while having an incredibly fun, awe-inspiring, interactive family event, with tools and a template for success provided, that brings your entire school and community together!

What does the game consist of? Is it just a basketball game?

This is like a Broadway show on a basketball court. Get ready for high-flying entertainment and fun. From the time the Wizards step onto the court to themed music, with our own MC and sound system pumping, and our team of 6 talented players with electric personalities delivering a choreographed trick and slam routine, the gym is rocking! Our team will feature tricks, music, dunks, comedy, dancing, and audience participation. It is an awe-inspiring, two-hour basketball show including an autograph session!

Who Do The Wizards Play?

A team of teachers from your school and other neighboring schools in your area or district. We recommend you recruit the most popular teachers as the teachers are a big draw along with the Harlem Wizards

Do We Need Our Own Gym?

More than 50% of our games are hosted by elementary and middle schools that borrow their local high school or college gym. Ideal size is typically 800+ seats for weeknights and 1000+ for weekends. Smaller gyms can also be successful depending on the demographics of your area and the date you select so please review details with a Wizards representative for a consultation

Who Is The Target Audience?

Pre-school, elementary and middle school age kids and their families!

How Much Money Can We Make?

Typical profit is between $5000-$20,000. The high amount earned last season by one group was $43,000. You can raise money from the following:

Ticket sales: you can make up to 55%

Wizard souvenirs: You will provide 6-8 volunteers to sell Wizards’ souvenirs and earn between 20-25% of the proceeds.

Concessions: you keep 100% of the profits

Raffles, 50-50s: you keep 100% of the profits

Local Sponsorship opportunities: you keep 100% of the profits

Do The Wizards Provide Tools And Resources To Help?

Yes! The Wizards give you a complete roadmap to success and provide just about everything including tickets, posters, flyers, eblasts, promotional videos, a step-by-step planning guide and ongoing tips and support from a previous Wizards host. Schedule permitting, the Wizards will also perform complimentary assemblies (or cafeteria visits) at your local elementary and middle schools to build excitement for the big game.

What is needed to have a wildly successful event?

Procure a big enough gym. Ideal size is typically 800+ seats for weeknights and 1000+ for weekends. Smaller gyms can also be successful depending on the demographics of your area and date selected so please review details with a Wizards representative for a consultation.

An enthusiastic co-ed home team excited to play in front of the home crowd and ready to take on the Wizards! Typically popular teachers make up the majority of the team with representation from most schools in the area along with principals, mayors and other notable members of your community.

Most Wizard hosts have approximately 20 game day volunteers in addition to their on-court team.

Support from all or most K-8 schools in your area/ district (typically the schools the feed into your event location) to help market this community event. This includes teachers and principals playing in the game, sending home and emailing flyers and hosting the Wizards for complimentary free assemblies.

You provide the referee. Official credentials are not necessary.

Why would other schools help us promote the game?

Our most successful hosts tell us that most (if not all) of the schools in their immediate area received at least a small financial benefit. If you are a single school, we encourage you to take advantage of the Wizards Official Ticket Incentive Program. At the core of the program is the ability to set up the online ticket sales portal to include a dropdown menu of all participating schools for ticket buyers to select which school they are affiliated with. You can then easily reward participating schools money back for each ticket sold associated with their school. Schools typically reward between $1- $2 per ticket. By giving other schools a small portion of the proceeds, they will have a vested interest in the events success

What’s in the secret sauce?

What truly makes a Harlem Wizard’s event special is that the game will feel like an exclusive party for your community filled with laughter, music, comedy, dancing, slam dunks and audience participation! The gym will be filled with familiar faces including friends, classmates and parents as well as the home team, which will feature popular teachers and administrators from your local schools. The one-two punch of the Harlem Wizards with their incredible talents and zany personalities playing against your team of teachers will create life long memories for those in attendance.

What do tickets cost?

As we are sensitive to the average income and other factors in your community, we work together with you to set appropriate pricing. General admission ticket prices typically range between $10-20. We also offer premium tickets, including “Courtside Plus” and “Reserved.” Courtside Plus tickets (typically $25-$50) include courtside seating, a 10-minute meet and greet with 2-3 Wizards and 2 free souvenirs including a courtside plus “credential”. Reserved tickets (typically $8-10 higher than student general admission prices) include a free souvenir and up-close reserved bleacher seats.

Where do we sell tickets?

The online box office on the Wizards website. It’s convenient and from what we have seen, has the lowest ticket processing fee in the country – only .99 cents per ticket (charged to the ticket buyer)! You will receive login credentials so you can receive real time reporting on ticket sales

At your school (ex: during drop-off/pick up for elementary schools and at lunch for middle schools)

Other schools in district/area

At other events in the schools and community

Local stores and businesses – set up a ticket outlet in town.

Do the wizards provide insurance?

We maintain a $2 million liability policy and can name your school as additionally insured. Insurance is FREE with your event!

Can you provide references?

Yes! We have many customers willing to share feedback from their experience!

Is there audience involvement?

Yes! Our events are filled with clapping, laughing, dancing, and cheering. Kids, teens, adults and grandparents are a part of creating the excitement. This is not just a spectator event but rather something you feel. We call it the Wizard experience! Kids, teens and adults are often invited onto the court. Our pregame “Wiz Kid” jersey promotion kicks off the participation. Anyone wearing a Wizards jersey can warm up with the Wizards. We randomly pick kids and teens during our halftime show and the excitement builds when all kids and teens are asked to celebrate in dance with the Wizards on the court. The cherry on top is the FREE postgame autograph session. The Wizards don’t depart until every kid/teen has the autograph(s) they desire, or until the lights shut off!

Where do the wizards travel?

The Harlem Wizards travel all around the USA and have played in over 20 countries around the world. Our three teams crisscross the nation in our customized travel vans, in addition to lots of frequent flier miles!

How long have the harlem wizards been around?

The Harlem Wizards have been dazzling audiences since 1962 with the same family at the helm since the beginning

What does it cost?

Our rates vary depending on the day of the week and time of the year. We have three different pricing options based on the level of risk that you are comfortable with. Some dates can be booked with as little as $500 upfront. After working with schools and non-profits since 1962, we have developed a pricing structure that can accommodate almost any situation leading to highly successful event. To get the full pricing picture and to qualify your request/plan/idea, please fill out the contact form and our area Sales Wizard will contact you.

What are they saying?

Without a doubt, far more than just "entertainment."The Harlem Wizards delivered on every promise and then some! It took only a quick glance at the packed house to recognize the smiles, hear the laughter, and observe the unbridled enthusiasm of everyone there. These are “real deal” role models in a world where great role models appear to be in short supply. Clean, action-packed basketball with a generous serving of laughter and great fun for all ages. We were honored to have played a small part in the promotion of this outstanding event!

Roger W. Morgan

Market Manager

KOOS Radio Stations

Coos Bay, Oregon

"The Harlem Wizards coming to our school was by far the biggest fundraiser we have ever done. It was an amazing experience for our kids and adults alike. This was the perfect way to blend raising money while having tons of fun!"

Jessica Ford

Co-President

Johnson City PTO

Johnson City, NY

The overall response to the game was incredible. The players, DP and Joe truly made this a show that the entire family was excited about!

Christine Michaud

Co-Coordinator

Winthrop PTA

Winthrop, ME

I would recommend this to ANY school. We were very nervous about this game because it was a first for our town and I couldn't have been happier with the result. The team was SO helpful the entire time!

Michell Ambrosio

Treasurer

West Woods PTO

Farmington, CT

It was an all around GREAT experience.All members of the team were very helpful and a total pleasure to work with.We have already received nothing but compliments and praise for the event.Great for the children and our whole community. Communication was good, clear and timely.Good online resources.

Bruce Zahradnik

President

Tahoma Schools Foundation

Maple Valley, WA

The Harlem Wizards are the real deal when it comes to family entertainment and crowd interaction.Slam dunks and high flying antics brought people to the game, but what they left the game talking about is how much they laughed and enjoyed themselves.The highlight of the night for me was when all the children came out of the stands and danced. All you could see was cameras and smiles through out the stands.One middle school student told me after the game, "This was the best day of his life!"If you want to bring your community together with a family friendly event, then the Harlem Wizards need to come to your town!

Mark Thompson

Principal

Alice G. Mulcahy Middle School

Tulare, CA

This was the easiest event I've ever done!The support team gave us everything we needed to be successful, including the handbook playbook.The event far exceeded all of our expectations and the attendees had a great time.The school assemblies were awesome and the kids loved it!As the organizer I heard nothing but positive comments and kudos - not only for our organization of the event, but how wonderful the event was! Personally, I've never seen so many smiling faces in the audience.The kids have been talking about it nonstop and Face Book posts have been phenomenal.

Kari Hollis

Board Member & Event Coordinator

Spring River Area Chamber of Commerce

Highland, AR

I must tell you that I have been doing school fundraisers for a very long time and this is by far my favorite one!!

Shawndra Wynn

PTO President

Gateway Middle School

Monroeville, PA

This event was beyond amazing! The players and Joe were amazing to work with and helped make sure things ran smoothly. The community was amazed by the performance and are already asking when they will be coming back!

Morgan Rufty

Teacher

Virginia CUSD #64

Virginia, IL

This was amazing for our community. I appreciated how organized everyone was, from the support person to the players!

Stefanie Harris

PTA Chair

Flabeau Elementary School

Tony, WI

I can not say enough about your organization.From the first phone call to closing out at the end of the show everyone was amazing making sure that we had the best experience.

Cherie Beers

Dakota Galusha Memorial Fund

Northampton, PA

DP and his team are AWESOME!Kids came to school the next day talking about the awesome time they had, wearing their autographed items purchased at the game the night before.Parents, teachers and students are still talking about the great time they had!Thank you so much.This is the third time we have had DP here and this was the BEST, MOST AWESOME show of all times!Keep up the great work!

Kelly Whitling

Secretary to the Principal

Woodstown Middle School

Woodstown, NJ

Our event was a success due to the fantastic personalities and skills of the Wizards.I had high expectations but they were surpassed -- I'm still smiling 24 hours later! Feel free to put me on your reference list!Broadway led the show with great skill.What a team you have!

Deb Varnak

Executive Director

New Prairie Education Foundation

Mishawaka, IN

On behalf of our Mayor Craig Wilkie, residents, students, school district, families, friends and of course the Florence Township Education Foundation ... THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING EVENING OF HARLEM WIZARDS BASKETBALL!!! Collectively we have continued to work to provide various community related activities for our community to enjoy.The importance of bringing our community together to provide an opportunities for children and families to build friendships, local organizations to be supported and in turn show support and allowing for endless smiles, laughter and memories that last well beyond events are all things that we strive to achieve.The Harlem Wizards that flew thru the air in our gymnasium provided all of the above!

Martin Eckert Jr.

Recreation Coordinator

Township of Florence

Florence, NJ

This was the most interactive, entertaining fundraising event we've had since our doors opened in 2011. It was so nice to see not only the students participating, but the staff as well as the parents too. Nobody puts on a better show, at an affordable price, as the Harlem Wizards. This was, by far, the best family-oriented entertainment that has come to our town. Our PTO was so thrilled by the fundraising outcome. Even though this was our first year holding the event, booking the Wizards for next year was a no-brainer!

Kenny Culbertson

PTO Treasurer

Meadow Glen Elementary

Lexington, SC

The sales representation helped tremendously throughout the planning. They were very responsive and provide the needed support. The players were perfect - they put on a awesome energizing show, they worked the schools well and they were very professional working with us on the event day details.

Suzanne Montella

Elmhurst District 205 Foundation

Elmhurst IL

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